Concerns over the club's direction...... (5 Viewers)

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Managers who impact their team positively within the first three months? I’d argue it’s most of them.

Should offer 3 month contracts to managers then. Clubs have missed a trick. By the law of averages, only half of them are likely to have done ok with results, as there are 2 teams playing every game. I do think there's a blindness to this by some supporters when demanding results.

 

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[napolimp]

I think recruitment has been excellent. Next summer we have 5 players out of contract, none of whom we'd want to keep except Bidwell who could easily sign a new contract.

And we will also have 4 players with a year left on their contract. Including Sheaf and Sakamoto who you'd expect to raise £20 mil + together. If you also expect Wright/Simms/MVE to go, barring promotion, you'd expect a combined £40 mil + incoming. You could potentially have £60 mil + from an initial spend of around £20 mil. Reinvest and you strengthen the club position even further. And hopefully the players you have coming through behind - EMC/Bassette/Raphael/Torp/Eccles/Rudoni - form the basis for another strong squad for the new season.

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

I think recruitment has been excellent. Next summer we have 5 players out of contract, none of whom we'd want to keep except Bidwell who could easily sign a new contract.

And we will also have 4 players with a year left on their contract. Including Sheaf and Sakamoto who you'd expect to raise £20 mil + together. If you also expect Wright/Simms/MVE to go, barring promotion, you'd expect a combined £40 mil + incoming. You could potentially have £60 mil + from an initial spend of around £20 mil. Reinvest and you strengthen the club position even further. And hopefully the players you have coming through behind - EMC/Bassette/Raphael/Torp/Eccles/Rudoni - form the basis for another strong squad for the new season.

It’s the model. The hope is one of the seasons ‘a’ team goes up. But if we’re not up this season then next summer some players will be sold as they’ll want to play at a higher level. Likely to be: MVE, Sheaf and Wright which you mention will bring in more dough than we did with Hamer and Vik.

 

[Perennial Lurker]

It’s the model. The hope is one of the seasons ‘a’ team goes up. But if we’re not up this season then next summer some players will be sold as they’ll want to play at a higher level. Likely to be: MVE, Sheaf and Wright which you mention will bring in more dough than we did with Hamer and Vik.

Difference being when Vik and Gus left the squad was pretty thin on the ground .
This time round we will be in a far better position to strengthen again and with the funds to attract some real gems

 

[Hobo]

Not replacing Hamer is the issue though. We should have gone all in on Alan Browne he’d have been perfect.

he strikes me as the type of player who’ll get in other players and crucially the refs faces aswell - something we sorely miss.

Hamer had that direct bit about him.

Browne has rarely been a starter for Sunderland.

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Browne has rarely been a starter for Sunderland.

Isn’t he playing catch up atm? Signed pretty late didn’t he

 

[Hobo]

Isn’t he playing catch up atm? Signed pretty late didn’t he

I am just pointing it out to those who think Sunderland signed Browne and Sunderland are top of the table.

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

I am just pointing it out to those who think Sunderland signed Browne and Sunderland are top of the table.

Sunderland won’t finish there with or without Browne.

Browne is a good player and is the type of player who would improve our midfield massively

 

[Hobo]

Sunderland won’t finish there with or without Browne.

Browne is a good player and is the type of player who would improve our midfield massively

Let's wait and see. He obviously didn't want to join us.